Analytical strategies for large imaging genetic datasets: Experiences from the IMAGEN study

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 1282, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 92-106

  Nymberg, Charlotte ^a   Jia, Tianye ^a   Ruggeri, Barbara ^a   Schumann, Gunter ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Adolescence; Genetics; Heritability; Imaging

Indexed keywords

DOPAMINE;

ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DATA ANALYSIS; ENDOPHENOTYPE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC DATABASE; GENOME ANALYSIS; GENOTYPE; GENOTYPE ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION; GENOTYPE PHENOTYPE CORRELATION; HERITABILITY; HUMAN; INDEPENDENT COMPONENT ANALYSIS; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; REINFORCEMENT; REWARD; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM;

EID: 84875832219     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: 17496632     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1111/nyas.12088     Document Type: Article

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